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National and International Gun Control News for the week ending July 12, 2019  

Includes a breakdown of 'Violent' and 'Non-Violent" offences for the year 2016 to 2019 EXCERPT: "Prior to 2012, the RCMP

UNKNOWN: (a) Number of PAL holders charged with homicide. UNKNOWN: (b) Number of registered firearms used in homicide. UNKNOWN: (c)

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending July 5, 2019  

Page 9 FOIP ‘exception’ under Section 25(1)(b) ‘Disclosure harmful to economic and other interests’ FOIP response also failed to address

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending June 28, 2019  

Premier of Alberta asked to waive privilege on hidden High River ‘legal authorities paper’ Letter dated June 21, 2019 by

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending June 21, 2019  

WORDING OF MY ATIP REQUEST: For the period from 2008 to present please provide copies of reports containing information about:

PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICER SAYS LIBRARY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RESOLVING DISCREPANCIES IN REPORTS ON GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON GUN CONTROL - Parliamentary

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending June 14, 2019  

Exchange of emails with Public Safety Canada Re: Informal Request AI-2019-00072 - Posted by Dennis R. Young – June 14,

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending June 7, 2019  

Telus E-Mail and Webmail was down from Friday, May 31, 2019 to Monday, June 3, 2019 I have set up

RCMP REPORT: Number of Firearms Business Licenses Applied for, Issued, Denied and Revoked, by Province, by Prescribed Business Purpose 1998-2017

THE KEY WEAKNESSES OF THIS SURVEY: Question wording is slanted to support government proposals, Definitions of “assault rifle” and “high-capacity

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending May 17, 2019  

Two years later, Public Safety Canada still keeping important Committee deliberations and advice secret May 14, 2017 - ATIP Request

O.P.P. FOIP response dated May 8, 2019 Received on May 13, 2019 by Dennis R. Young  

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending May 10, 2019    

Q-24772 Investments to Combat the Criminal Use of Firearms (ICCUF) Q-24782 Homicide Statistics for Licensed Gun Owners Q-24792 Stolen Guns Statistics Q-24802 RCMP Officers

PUBLIC CYNICISM AS RESULT OF THE STORIES THE MEDIA CHOOSES NOT TO COVER - A short list of the missing

EXCERPT: So, when that politician starts talking about banning guns, ask them if they understand while they beat that drum,

MP BRAD TROST’S FOUR GUN CONTROL QUESTIONS: LIBERAL RESPONSES PROVIDE VERY FEW ANSWERS - Analysis, Commentary and Supporting Documentation by

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending April 26, 2019    

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending April 19, 2019  

The CN Police Service declared their firearms information was protected by the Privacy Act. RCMP Access to Information Act response

CORRECTIONAL SERVICE CANADA DOES NOT REPORT ON RECIDIVISM - Response to Access to Access to Information Act Request dated April

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending April 5, 2019    

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending March 29, 2019    

WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE CANADA’S GUN CONTROL PROGRAMS ARE WORKING? New Research added to this update by Dennis R. Young

Missing Information from original RCMP release Firearm Licencing and Registration Errors dated March 14, 2019 - Received on March 19,

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending March 15, 2019  

WORDING OF REQUEST: "For the period from 1993 to present, please provide copies of all Cost-Benefit Analyses conducted on firearms

Summary of Attached RCMP Access to Information Response dated February 27, 2019 106,342 FIREARMS OWNED BY 1,823 FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND

RCMP RELEASE UPDATED AUTHORIZATION TO CARRY (ATC) STATISTICS BY PROVINCE - RCMP ATIP Response dated Feb 20, 2019 - Received

CANADIAN FIREARMS PROGRAM: RCMP REPORT ON LICENSING AND REGISTRATION ERRORS FOR 2017 - Why weren’t these errors reported in the

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending March 1, 2019.    

EXCERPT: “Under the authority of section 98 of the Firearms Act, there are 78 Firearms Officers designated by the Chief

Once Again, Alberta Justice Withholds the Legal Authorities Paper that would shed some light on why RCMP kicked in hundreds

SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENCE: PRESENTATION ON LACK OF EVIDENCE SUPPORTING BILL C-71 By Dennis R. Young –

Maybe Senators can get the answers that my Access to Information requests can’t? By Dennis R. Young – Updated: February 15,

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending February 15, 2019  

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending February 8, 2019  

GUN OWNERS FIRE BACK AT MINISTER BLAIR DURING CONSULTATION IN CALGARY Participants made the most of the 60-minutes available to

SUMMARY OF REPORTED FIREARMS PROGRAM SPENDING 1995 TO 2017 Highest Spending Amounts Reported = $1.79 Billion - Lowest Spending Amounts

https://thegunblog.ca/2019/01/31/a-canadian-approach-to-public-safety-humour/ A CANADIAN APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY (HUMOUR) TheGunBlog.ca - January 31, 2019 — Following is an imaginary conversation based on

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending January 25, 2019  

RCMP ATIP Response dated January 16, 2019 – Received by Dennis R. Young January 22, 2019 ATT Statistics by Province,

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending January 18, 2019  

Maybe Senators can get the answers that my Access to Information requests can’t? By Dennis R. Young – Updated: January

Firearms Businesses in 1979 = 16,420 Firearms Businesses in 2017 = 4,478  

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending January 11, 2019

Important statistics about firearms license holders who are ‘involved in an event involving violence or other offences’ are not tracked.

http://www.donplett.ca/my-work/articles-and-speeches/14-things-you-should-know-about-violent-crime-and-firearms-in-canada/ The debate over the regulation of firearms in Canada is often influenced more by emotion than by facts. Since

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending January 4, 2019  

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending December 28, 2018  

What information in this document is of such primary importance that it must remain a state secret after five and

National Defence 17-page response to Access to Information Act request dated Dec 12, 2018 Received Dec 20, 2018 by Dennis

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/no-magic-lever-to-solve-gun-crime-expert-1.4222841 CTV - NO 'MAGIC LEVER' TO SOLVE GUN CRIME: EXPERT - How to get handguns off the streets promises to

Here is a simple question for Canada to answer: has a single place, anywhere in the world, ever seen its

EXCERPT: “I find the Public Body properly applied section 27(1)(a) of the Act to the records at issue.  The Public

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending December 7, 2018    

PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE RELEASES BILL C-68 CABINET DOCUMENTS FROM 1994/95 (SORT OF) 272 pages out of 415 withheld citing Solicitor-Client

RCMP Response to Access to Information Act request dated Nov 27, 2018 - Received by Dennis R. Young – December

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending November 30, 2018  

INFORMATION COMMISSIONER DEFENDS RCMP DECISION TO KEEP HIGH RIVER ‘RIGHTS VIOLATION PAPER’ A SECRET EXCERPT FROM ATTACHED REPORT: "Our investigation

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending November 23, 2018    

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending November 16, 2018    

LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER EMBEDDED IN THIS PETITION:  SHOULDN'T POLICE KNOW WHERE THESE BAD GUYS WITH GUNS LIVE? EXCERPT: Criminal

EXCERPT: Thereafter, for the final 100 days of the war, Canadians served as the Allies “shock troops” in decisive battles

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending November 9, 2018  

National Defence Response to Access to Information Act request DND File: A-2018-00801 dated October 24, 2018. Analyzed by Dennis R. Young

“We, the undersigned, Residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to scrap Bill C-71, An Act to amend